"In 1939, Halifax quickly became the country's centre of war activity when Canada declared war on Germany. With its vital naval base and its key role in getting supplies to Great Britain, the city was on a wartime footing for seven long years. Blackouts, enemy ships just offshore, and worries about raids and attacks were part of daily life. So were thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen and merchant seamen who passed through on their way to or from Europe.

'Wartime Halifax' is a visual history of this period. William Naftel has found a treasure trove of archival photos showing the bustling shipyards, construction, convoys and cadets, and never-before-seen images of parades, platoons and personnel. The photos show the dramatic impact of the war on city life - long lineups at movie theatres, crammed dance halls, and crowded restaurants. Visuals and text convey a unique portrait of a wartime city -- not in far-off Europe but on Canada's east coast." - from front flap.

Contents: 1. A Declaration of War; 2. A Military City; 3. In Transit; 4. Community at Work; 5. Day by Day; 6. Scarcity and Plenty; 7. The End and the Beginning.

NAGORSKI, TomMiracles on the Water : The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. 4th pr in dj.Hyperion, New York, 2006, ISBN:1401301509 NAGORSKI, Tom. Miracles on the Water : The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. New York: Hyperion, (2006). Fourth Printing. Pp. [i]-xv,(5),[1]-345,(1), + 16 p. of plates. Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth spine withblack paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. The story of the torp edoing of the steamship City of Benares by a German U-Boat in the North Atlantic in 1940, and the struggle for survival of those that did not go down with the ship, in the turbulent seas several hundred miles off the North American eastern seaboard. Vg in unclipped dj. 17.50

NAGORSKI, TomMiracles on the Water : The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. book club in dj.Hyperion, New York, 2006, ISBN:1401301509 NAGORSKI, Tom. Miracles on the Water : The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. New York: Hyperion, (2006). Book Club Edition. Pp. [i]-xv,(5),[1]-345,(1), + 16 p. of plates. Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth spine with black paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. The story of the torpedoing of the steamship City of Benares by a German U-Boat in the North Atlantic in 1940, and the struggle for survival of those that did not go down with the ship, in the turbulent seas several hundred miles off the North American eastern seaboard. Vg in dj. 14.00

NOLAN, Brian. STREET, Brian Jeffrey.Champagne Navy : Canada's Small Boat Raiders of the Second World War. FirstEdition in dustjacketRandom House, Toronto, 1991, ISBN:0394221419 NOLAN, Brian and Brian Jeffrey STREET. Champagne Navy : Canada's Small BoatRaiders of the Second World War. Toronto : Random House, (1991). First Pri nting. Pp (8),ix-xi,(1),1-260, illustrated with 8 plates of b&w photos. Maps in the text. 8vo, burgundy cloth. "In September 1939, the British nation rose to defend its shores, finally recognizing Adolph Hitler's intentions of conquest. In the early days of the war, part of that defence lay in the hands of the Royal Navy's long neglected Coastal Forces. But in time, they grew into a formidable fleet of motor torpedo and motor gunboats that menaced the enemy and, quite literally, helped defend the entire Western World. From the very beginning, it was this hit-and-run navy and its unique brand of warring that attracted Canadian fighting sailors. They served in various Royal Navy flotillas until February 1944, at which time they formed two all-Canadian flotillas that operated in the English Channel, and commanded a third which roamed the Mediterranean." - from the dj. Contents : Introduction; Prologue: Life on the Ocean Wave 1. To the Narrow Seas; 2. Harry Tate's Navy; 3. "Oh, I say - madly war, isn't it"?"; 4. Dogs in the Med; 5. The Importance of Spectacle; 6. All-Canadian Flotillas; 7. The Battle Ground; 8. The Endless Summer [1944]; 9. Pirates of the Adriatic; 10. Back into the Fray; 11. Whie Ensign, Blaxk Swastika [the postwar meeting of Harro Garmsen (b. September 3, 1924, Leck, Germany - d. January 20, 2010, Victoria, BC ), then of Nova Scotia and Norn Garriock, and their eariler confrontaion on anE-boat and an MTB]; 12. Disaster at Ostend; 13. Costly Victoria; 14. Here They Come Now. Appendix: List of Missing or Dead, Presumed Dead in the Firethat Swept the 29 Canadian Flotilla in Ostend Harbour, Belgium, February 1 4, 1945. With bibliography and index. Very good in dustjacket. 25.00

OFFLEY, Ed.Turning the Tide : How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic. First Edition in dustjacket.Basic Books, New York, 2011, ISBN:9780465013975 OFFLEY, Ed. Turning the Tide : How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic. New York: Basic Books, (2011). First Printing. Pp. (6),[vii]-xxviii,1-478,(6). With several black and white photos to text. 8vo, blue paper-covered boards with black paper spine, silver lettering to spine. "[...] It was the deadliest naval conflict in history: Most of the 2,919 Allied merchant ships lost to the U-boats in thewar went down in the North Atlantic, and tens of thousands of merchant sea men, naval gunners, and civilian passengers perished. The dedicated U-boat crews fared even worse: Of 1,149 U-boats that entered service in the war, 711 were lost in combat. Of 39,000 U-boat sailors who went to sea, only 11,510 - fewer than one in three - would survive the war. The losses were high because the stakes were even higher. If the U-boats had managed to sever the lifeline between the United States and Great Britain -- as they seemed poised to do by late 1942 - Germany could have denied the Allies their springboard into the European continent, effectively costing them the war." - from the dustjacket. Contents : Introduction: A Fight in the Dark; 1. A City at War [New York]; 2. The Adversaries; 3. Movement to Contact; 4. The U-boat; 5. The Battle of the Codes; 6. The Sighting; 7. The Battle of St. Patrick's Day; 8. Heavy Losses; 9. Crisis in the North Atlantic ; 10. The Allies Fight Back; 11. The First Skirmishes; 12. The Melée at 55 North 042 West; 13. Battle in the Fog; 14. Defeat of the U-Boats; Epilogue Appendices: 1. Critical Convoy Ships, March - May 1943; 2. North Atlantic Convoys at Sea, March 1- May 24. 1943; 3. German U-boats of World War II; 4. Escort Warships; 5. Equivalent World War II Naval Officer Ranks. With notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Very good in dustjacket. 18.00

"For centuries people dreamed of navigating under the sea, but it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that inventors succeeded in developing practical submarines. With the coming of World War I, nations saw something entirely new in war: the deadly effectiveness of underwater craft, with German U-boats threatened to starve Britain and brought the United States into the war, thus proving submarine operations more important than the great battles fought on land. A generation later, in World War II, U-boats came back on the attack in the Atlantic, while in the Pacific U.S. submarines literally put Japan out of business. Then, in the nuclear age, the true submarine became the most powerful weapon of war ever created — the force that paradoxically kept the peace.

In one dramatic narrative, Thomas Parrish tells the story of those who first dreamed of underwater ships; of the ingenious and practical inventors and engineers who created and developed the submarine; of the visionary and controversial national leaders and naval strategists; of the famous skippers on all sides — steel-nerved men like America’s Dick O’Kane and Germany’s Reinhard Hardegen — who wielded this weapon; of the famous and infamous deeds of boats like the U-20, the Wahoo, and the nuclear-powered Nautilus and George Washington; and of the tragedies that befell boats like the American Thresher and the Russian Kursk. " - from the dj.

Contents :

Charleston 2000-1864. 1. The Peripatetic Coffin.

Part I. The Underwater Pioneers. 2. Dreamers and Some Doers; 3. The Dream Realized: Holland and Lake;

Part II. The Great War: The U-Boats and Mr. WIlson. 4. "Those Damned Englanders"; 5. "The Dreaded Little Submarine"; 6. Blockades for a New War; 7. "My God, It's the Lusitania!"; 8. A President Too Proud; 9. From Folkestone to Dieppe; 10. In the Med; 11. "The Cursed Crowd"; 12. The Fight for Sea Shepherds; 13. Ideas, Methods, and Triumph.

Part III. From War to War. 14. Boats and Builders I; 15. Arms and the Nations; 16. Boats and Builders II.

Part IV. World War II : The Struggle for the Atlantic. 17. Lieutenant Lemp's Great Decision; 18. U-Boats in Trouble; 19. Atlantic Raiders: The "Happy Time"; 20. Déjà Vu in the North Atlantic?; 21. Raiders in the Far West;
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PARSON, Nels A., Jr.Guided Missiles in War and Peace. First Edition in dustjacketHarvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachysetts, 1956, PARSON, Nels A., Jr. Guided Missiles in War and Peace. Cambridge, Massachysetts : Harvard University Press, 1956. First Edition. Pp (4),v-x,(2),1-161,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth spine, lettered in gilt, pale blue cloth boards. "Centuries ago the Chinese scholar and scientist Wan Hu lashed several dozen rockets to his sedan chair; all the rockets were fired simultaneously; and in the blast that followed he disappeared torever. Ten years ago the German V-l and V-2 missiles were raining on England. They killed 5500 people and totally destroyed more than 23,000 buildings in London alone; 1500 Allied fliers lost their lives in bombing V-l launching sites; and it is universally conceded that the Germans' delay in developing their guided missiles was very lucky for the Allies. Yesterday, you could have seen a long-nosed Nike antiaircraft guided missile quietly going into its underground launching site; or heard it tearing off into the stratosphere. And within twenty-five years you may very possibly take off for the moon in a guided rocket — if vast and diversified supplies of guided-missile weapons have by that time scared all the nations away from making war. Obviously, guided missiles are everybody's business today. Each of us, whether citizen, soldier, or statesman, needs to know how they have developed, what they are today, and what they already imply for the future. Here, in brief compass, is a most lucid introduction to guided missiles. Major Parson — who knows whereof he speaks— tells why they are needed and how they have come into being. He describes how they fly, how they are guided, and how they are powered. He forecasts their influence on air, naval, and land combat operations, and outlines their peacetime potentialities. He writes clearlv and with a vivid turn of phrase; ,he provides many simple illustrative diagrams and more than ascore of magnificent photographs. For the man in the street and the soldie r, sailor, and airman — for the science student and the political leader — here is the best possible survey of these fascinating and awe-inspiring weapons." (from the dj). Contents : Foreword by General John E. Dahlquist. 1. Your Acquaintance is Inevitable. 2. Why Guided Missiles? : Definition - Air-to-Surface Missles - Air-to-Air and Surface-to-Air Missiles - Surface-to-Surface Missiles - The Antimissile Missile - Problems. 3. From Wan Hu to VonBraun: Missiles before World War II - Germany’s V-Weapons - Surface-to-Air Missiles - Other Missile Projects - America’s Wartime Missiles - Progress Since the War. 4. How They Fly : The Nature of Air - The Atmosphere - High-Speed Flight - Why a Missile Flies. 5. Guided and Misguided : Trajectory-Control Systems - Natural-Phenomena Reference - Electromagnetic Control - Attitude Control - An Example Guidance Problem. 6. Flying Cuspidors and Stovepipes : Principle of Jet Propulsion - The Pulse Jet - The Turbojet - The RamJet - Rockets - Solid-Propellant Rockets - Liquid-Propellant Rockets - Jet -Motor Nozzles. 7. Air Warfare with Guided Missiles : Offensive Air Operations - Air-to-Surface Missiles - The Air Defense Problem - Air Defense and Guided Missiles - Interceptors and Air-to-Air Missles - Surface-to-Air Missiles - Intercontinental Guided Missiles - The SSM-Defense Problem - Push Buttons and Manpower. 8. Guided-Missile Navies (pp 105-120) : Guided-Missiles on Shipboard - Guided Missile Ships or Guided Missiles on Ships? - Guided-Missile Submarines - The Strategic Role of Naval Forces - Tactics and the Man. 9. Guided Missiles in Land Warfare : Surface-to-Surface Missiles - The Assault Missile - The Field-Artillery Missile - Tactical Employment - Technique of Employment - The Long-Range Ground-Support SSM - Surface-to-Air Missiles - Reconnaissance Missiles - Conclusions. 10. Missiles of Peace : Missiles in Peacetime - Space Travel - On War and Peace. Margins browned, else very good in rubbed and nicked, unclipped dustjacket. 75.00

"This book is unique in that it charts a complete history of a single patrol and provides a new insight into life aboard through the successes and trials of U-564. Photographed during the summer of 1942 by an onboard war correspondent the photos show a U-boat in action in the Atlantic and Caribbean, as the Kriegsmarine teetered on the verge of what turned out to be its ultimate downfall. The crew is shown in virtually every station and several other U-boats and their commanders feature as they gather to re-supply or to attack." - from the dj.

PATERSON, Lawrence.Black Flag : The Surrender of Germany's U-Boat Forces. First American Edition in dustjacket.Zenith Books, Minneapolis, 2009, ISBN:9780760337547 PATERSON, Lawrence. Black Flag : The Surrender of Germany's U-Boat Forces. (Minneapolis, MN) : Zenith Press, (2009). First US Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xii,1-196. Illustrated with b&w photos. 8vo, black paper covered boards, red paper-covered spine, gilt lettering to spine. "On the eve of Germany's surrender in May 1945, Grossadmiral Karl Donitz commanded thousands of loyal and active men of the U-boat service. Still fully armed and unbroken in morale, enclaves of these men occupied bases stretching from Norway to France, where cadres of U-boat men fought on in ports that defied besieging Allied troops to the last. At sea U-boats still operated on a war footing around Britain, the coasts of the United States and as far afield as Malaya. Following the agreement to surrender, these large formations needed to be disarmed-- often by markedly inferior forces -- and the boats at sea located and e scorted into the harbours of their erstwhile enemies. Neither side knew entirely what to expect, and many of the encounters were tense; in some cases there were unsavoury incidents, and stories of worse. For many Allied personnel it was their first glimpse of the dreaded U-boat menace and both sideswere forced to exercise considerable restraint to avoid compromising the t erms of German'y surrender. One of the last but most dramatic acts of the naval war, the story of how the surrender was handled has never been treatedat length before. This book uncovers much new material about the process i tself and the ruthless aftermath for both the crews and their boats." - from the dustjacket. Very good in dustjacket. 20.00

PITT, BarrieCoronel and Falkland. First Edition in dustjacket.Cassell, London, 1960, PITT, Barrie. Coronel and Falkland. London : Cassell, (1960). Pp 184. 12 pages of plates. 8vo, blue cloth. Day, The Falkland Islands, South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands 245. A full account of these pivotal Great Warnaval battles, based in part on sources unavailable to earlier chroniclers such as Lloyd Hirst and John Irving. Very good in slightly rubbed, worn du stjacket. 75.00